freelocale(3p) — Linux manual page

FREELOCALE(3P)          POSIX Programmer's Manual          FREELOCALE(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       freelocale — free resources allocated for a locale object

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <locale.h>

       void freelocale(locale_t locobj);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The freelocale() function shall cause the resources allocated for
       a locale object returned by a call to the newlocale() or
       duplocale() functions to be released.

       The behavior is undefined if the locobj argument is the special
       locale object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object
       handle.

       Any use of a locale object that has been freed results in
       undefined behavior.

RETURN VALUE         top

       None.

ERRORS         top

       None.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

   Freeing Up a Locale Object
       The following example shows a code fragment to free a locale
       object created by newlocale():

           #include <locale.h>
           ...

           /* Every locale object allocated with newlocale() should be
            * freed using freelocale():
            */

           locale_t loc;

           /* Get the locale. */

           loc = newlocale (LC_CTYPE_MASK | LC_TIME_MASK, "locname", NULL);

           /* ... Use the locale object ... */
           ...

           /* Free the locale object resources. */
           freelocale (loc);

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       duplocale(3p), newlocale(3p), uselocale(3p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, locale.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
       Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
       this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
       document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
       http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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IEEE/The Open Group                2017                    FREELOCALE(3P)

Pages that refer to this page: locale.h(0p),  duplocale(3p),  newlocale(3p),  uselocale(3p)

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